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Home Life in Russia, Volumes 1 and 2

Home Life in Russia, Volumes 1 and 2 by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol is available here as the complete text, split into 745 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Home Life in Russia, Volumes 1 and 2 [Dead Souls] by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #58070.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Home Life in Russia, Volumes 1 and 2

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  1. Chapter I 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 5 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Yes. All 3725 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #58070 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #58070, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Home Life in Russia, Volumes 1 and 2 take to read?

About 310 minutes of reading across 745 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Home Life in Russia, Volumes 1 and 2

Words and structures a reader meets early in Home Life in Russia, Volumes 1 and 2, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Russia
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Home Life in Russia, Volumes 1 and 2; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Russian
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Home Life in Russia, Volumes 1 and 2; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Noble
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Home Life in Russia, Volumes 1 and 2; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Revelations
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Home Life in Russia, Volumes 1 and 2; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.